Two-Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Do you remember where you were when everything fell apart? Before you fall to the floor, sobbing over your life choices–I’ve done that twice since breakfast–I’m actually curious if you recall the hit song from the 90s, “Everything Falls Apart” by Dog’s Eye View. Led by Peter Stuart, the band had a solid hit with …

It starts with a raspy, repetitive moan and then a simple bass line kicks in. Then the voice tells you to “breathe it in and breathe it out…” and before you know it, you’re an addict–for the Belgian band K’s Choice, that is. The single was “Not an Addict” from their 1995 album Paradise in Me, and it …

Sifting through all the 90s club music I danced (poorly) to, I was delighted to come across Culture Beat‘s “Mr. Vain.” The dance hit would reach number 1 in 8 countries and give the group–led at the time by vocalist Tania Evans and rapper Jay Supreme–their biggest hit ever. If, like me, you spent more …

In the early days of the streaming music service Pandora, I found the most grating glitch in its algorithm to be its ability to work a-ha‘s “Take On Me” into any station. For example, if listening to “Gregorian Monks Record Mating Whale Noises,” you would inevitably hear the huge hit single before the station returned …

Good morning, pals! Apologies to my tens of readers (faithful ye be!) for the lack of posts yesterday. Life got in the way. Fortunately, I’ve returned to the underground bunker I share with my cat, my fear of the outside world renewed. I’m ready to continue life as a pasty blogger, for you, my lovelies. …

I have my own personal set of mixtapes (“playlists” for the younger fans of all this glorious music). One of my tapes/lists is called “Best Songs Ever” and it contains only songs that I will never tire of and, over decades of regular play in my home/car, have continued to be way. It’s a prestigious …

You know what I love more than eating tacos on Tuesday? Talking about Taco on Tuesday! Happy Taco Tuesday! Whether you realize it or not, you know Taco (full name Taco Ockerse). Remember his take on the song “Puttin’ on the Ritz”? In 1984, the song reached number 4 on the Billboard charts. Following the …

Everyone knows the catchy tune “Stay (I Missed You).” Written by the multi-talented Lisa Loeb, who rose to fame when the song was featured on the soundtrack to Reality Bites, a film for and about the MTV generation. If you haven’t seen it, go now. I’ll wait… It’s a great song. It propelled Lisa Loeb …

The term “one hit wonder” is a bit misleading…at its core, it simply means that an artist achieved mainstream success on the wings of one single, but failed to do much more in the public eye. We don’t like the term because it implies the artist went off to live under a bridge and scare …